Cigarette-case.



E. OLDENBUSCH.

CIGARETTE CASE;

APPUCATION FILED HAY3h1918.

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E. OLDENBU8CH.

CIGARETTE CASE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31, 15MB.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

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ERNEST OLDENBUSGH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CIGARETTE-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 31, 1918. Serial No. 237,427.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST OLDENBUsoH, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedCigarette-Case, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to cigarette cases of the thin metal shell typefor holding a single layer of cigarettes.

The invention has for its general objects to provide a case of improvedconstruction which permits of the easy and convenient placing of thecigarettes therein without danger of the cigarettes being broken, thecase being composed of half sections which are hinged together at thebottom so that the case can be completely opened for placing thecigarettes therein, one section of the case having seats arranged in aline so that the cigarettes can be placed in the seats and held therebyin proper spaced relation when the case is closed.

The upper part of each half or section of the case is a hinged closingmember held by a suitable locking means and each acted on by a spring,so that when the locking means is released the upper part of the casewill open, with the cigarettes projecting therefrom in a convenientmanner to be removed.

For a more complete understanding of the invention reference is to behad to the following description and claims taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, wherein similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of the cigarette case with the cover members opened;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the case entirely open for thereception of the cigarettes;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the case completely closed;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a cigarette case showing a modifiedconstruction;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical view of the construction shown in Fig. 4;and

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line 6-6, Fig. 5, with cigarettesin the case.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the cigarette case, which iscomposed of two substantially similar sections 1 and 2 made of metal orother suitable material, each section being a rectangular shallowpan-like piece, and the two sections are connected to gether by a hinge3 at the bottom, so that when the sections are closed together they forma hollow casing for holding a single row or layer of cigarettes inparallel relation to each other. Each section has an upper closing orcover member 4 adapted to swing on a hinge 5, and at the hinge is aspring 6 which is normally under tension to throw the members 1 to aposition at right-angles to the body of the casing, as shown in Fig. 1.A latch 7 is carried by a spring 8 which is fastened at 9 on one member4: in such position that the latch will engage a catch 10 on the othermember 4. ()n the latch is a lug 11 which projects through an opening 12so that by pressing inwardly on the lug the latch 7 is removed from thecatch 10, so that the two members 4: will spring open from the closedposition shown in Fig. 3 to the open position shown in Fig. 1.

Any suitable means may be employed to hold the sections 1 and 2 togetherin closed position. In the present instance the section 1 has a bar 13which extends at right-angles to the hinge 3 and one edge is providedwith a notch 14: in which is a catch lug 15 that is adapted to enter andinterlock with an aperture 16 in the section 2 to thereby releasablyhold the body of the casing closed.

To hold the cigarettes parallel and in proper order while they are beingarranged in the open case, as in Fig. 2, the section 2 has a row ofcorrugations forming seats 17 formed by stamping the metal in a suitabledie, and each cigarette is placed to engage in a seat 17 which isconcave to correspond to the curvature of the cigarette.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4: the seats for holding theindividual cigarettes are formed in an extra plate 18 which is attachedto the section 2 by hinge ears l8 which engage the pintle 5 of the hinge5, and the plate 18 is provided with parallel corrugations so that eachcorrugation forms a seat for a cigarette. The advantage of thisconstruction is that the outside surface of the section 2 is notdisfigured, as shown in Fig. 1.

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pressure applied to the two sections 1 and 2 of the case, there beingenough spring at the hinge between the sections t allow the parts 19 and20 to engage and disengage.

The member or bar 13 or 13 progects upwardlyabove the hinges 5, so thatthe clos- "I: g b th besteinbodimentthereof, I-d

the-scope of the appended claims.

to" have it understood that {the article shown is merely illustrativeand that such changes maybe-made when desired as fall within Having thusdescribed invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by'LettersPatent? f k 1. A cigarette case comprising 'body composed of halveshingedly connected "together and adapted to holda plurality ofcigarettes with projecting ends, and a cover section hingedly connectedwith each of the said halves of the body,'and the'cover sec; tions beingadapted 'to-open While the said halves remain in'closed position.

2'. A cigarette-case dividedinto two parts hingedly connected together,each being composed of two sections hingedly connected together, andseparate means for holding Copies of this patent may be obtained forfive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

menace the corresponding sections of the parts in closed relation.

3. A cigarette case comprising a body composed of two substantiallysimilar sections hingedly connected at their bottom comprising a' bodycomposed of two substan-V tially similar sections hinged together, one

section having a plurality of seats for the individual cigarettes, catchi'neans for holdingthe-section "in closed position, springopened closingmembers attached to the said sections, and means for holding the saidmembers in closed-position.

'5..A case for cigarettes or the like, comprising a'pair of hingedlyconnectedsections,'a closing member hingedl-y connected with eachsection, and a seat plate connected with one of the sections at thehinge between the-latterand the associated closing member.

- 6. A case for cigarette or the like, com:

r ga pair of hingedly connected body sections, cover members 'hingedlyconnected with the sections, and 'a bar attached to one of the bodysections and extending up wardly from between the sections to form asupport for the cover members when in 9 closed position.

ERNEST OLDENBUSCH.

Washington, 3, h.

